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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Dershowitz attempts to clarify controversial argument about presidential powers  —  Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Donald Trump, on Thursday claimed the media twisted his words when he made the controversial legal argument that a president could engage in a quid pro quo …
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ABC News:
New witnesses unlikely, Trump impeachment trial could end quickly: GOP sources  —  The Senate trial could be over by the weekend if Republicans have the votes.  —  LIVE NOW  —  Senators return at 1 p.m. Thursday for a second day of questions to House managers and President Donald Trump's legal team …
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Corrupt Motives’ Doctrine
Discussion: The Dispatch
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The reasons not to call John Bolton are ridiculous
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:   If Senate Republicans give Trump the coverup he wants, his acquittal will be worthless
Politico:
Republicans grow confident they can defeat witness vote and quickly end trial
Discussion: ABC News and The Gateway Pundit
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
The longer GOP blocks Bolton, the more he will hurt them
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Paul Manafort and Rudy's Indicted Associate Igor Fruman Go Way, Way Back  —  The relationship — stretching from New York to London to Kyiv — long predated Rudy Giuliani's attempts to discredit the evidence that played a key role in Manafort's downfall.  —  The web of connections between …
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Washington Post:
New recording shows access Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman had to Trump at Mar-a-Lago donor event  —  Ten days before Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman dined with President Trump at his Washington hotel, they were part of a small group of Republican Party donors who met with the president at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, a new recording shows.
The Daily Beast:
New Audio Appears to Show Ex-Giuliani Pal Lev Parnas at Dinner With Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
John Roberts refuses Rand Paul's whistleblower question  —  Chief Justice John Roberts refused on Thursday to read aloud a question from Sen. Rand Paul that identified an alleged whistleblower who first raised concerns with investigators that President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
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Associated Press:   Gavel time: Will chief justice expand his impeachment role?
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Democrats Never Found Their Hero
Discussion: Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Woman who says Trump raped her seeks his DNA  —  NEW YORK — Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter.
Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and UPI
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months  —  NACO, Ariz. — President Trump's border wall likely will require the installation of hundreds of storm gates to prevent flash floods from undermining or knocking it over, gates that must be left open …
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Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
Trump administration has yet to reveal details of Jared Kushner's secretive 2017 meeting in China  — In late 2017, CNBC filed a Freedom of Information Act request for details about Jared Kushner's secretive meeting in China during President Trump's visit to the country.
Washington Post:
White House to propose keeping Ukraine aid intact in new budget, a big departure from past efforts to slash assistance
Discussion: The Hill
Mike Bloomberg / YouTube:
George … Mike Bloomberg 2020's ad airing during Super Bowl LIV highlights the urgent need to prevent gun violence in America and why Mike is the candidate to get it done.  —  As an entrepreneur, mayor, and problem-solving philanthropist, Mike has taken on the toughest challenges and gotten big things done.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Impeachment: It's all over but the shouting
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
Bernie Sanders praised George Wallace as ‘sensitive’ in 1972  —  Seven years after Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to George Wallace as “perhaps the most dangerous racist in America today,” a young Bernie Sanders praised the segregationist Alabama governor.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Leada Gore / al.com:   Bernie Sanders praised Alabama segregationist governor George Wallace in 1972 article
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Democrats seize on Dershowitz impeachment argument at Senate trial  —  Dershowitz on Thursday defended his claim amid widespread outrage.  —  If President Trump believed he was acting both in his own political interest — and at the same time in the country's interest — are his actions still impeachable?
Discussion: The Hill
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MSNBC:
Dershowitz: Anything Trump did to win re-election is in the public interest
Allan Smith / NBC News:
‘Nonsense...preposterous...absurd’: Critics lecture Prof. Dershowitz about trial remarks
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Atlantic made Rahm Emanuel a contributing editor.  Then, suddenly, he wasn't.  —  Last May, the Atlantic announced that Rahm Emanuel, who'd just left his post as Chicago mayor, would be joining the magazine as a contributing editor.  “The Atlantic will be the primary home for Emanuel's writing …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP senators know Trump's defense is based on lies.  Here's proof.  —  As President Trump's trial hurtles toward a vote on new witnesses, his lawyers have based his defense in part on the notion that Trump's demand that Ukraine investigate the Bidens was legitimate.
Politico:
Pence aide who testified in impeachment inquiry to leave VP's office  —  A national security aide to Vice President Mike Pence and key witness in the House's impeachment of President Donald Trump will be leaving her post in the vice president's office early to join Central Command, according to two people with knowledge of her plans.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Washington Post:
Document shows Bernie Sanders's team preparing dozens of potential executive orders  —  Rising in the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses, the presidential candidate considers spelling out how he could go around Congress if elected president  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) …
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New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Is Still Sad About the Dodgers  —  And he knows how to nurse a grudge.  —  BURLINGTON, Iowa — The role was not an artistic stretch.  —  “My name is Rabbi Manny Shevitz,” Bernie Sanders began, acting in a little-seen 1999 comedy called “My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception.”
Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI probes use of Israeli firm's spyware in personal and government hacks - sources  —  (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents and companies as well as suspected intelligence gathering on governments …
Michael Balsamo / New Haven Register:
AP Exclusive: Barr names new U.S. attorney in DC  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr on Thursday named Timothy Shea, one of his closest advisers, to be the next top prosecutor in the nation's capital.  —  Shea will lead the largest United States attorney's office in the country …
CNN:
Leaked memo shows US border officers were directed to stop Iran-linked travelers  —  (CNN)An internal Customs and Border Protection memo obtained by CNN suggests that US border officers working at Canadian ports of entry were directed to detain and question travelers of Iranian descent …
Willy Staley / New York Times:
‘High Maintenance’ and the New TV Fantasy of New York  —  It was probably during the fourth episode of the second season of HBO's “High Maintenance” when I finally noticed what it was up to.  The show follows a weed dealer known only as The Guy while he bikes around Brooklyn …
William Feuer / CNBC:
Facebook closes down 6%, wiping out more than $30 billion in market value  — Facebook stock closed Thursday down 6.1% after it reported fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday evening.  — The drop erased more than $30 billion from the social media giant's market cap.
NBC News:
Coronavirus misinformation surges, fueled by clout chasers  —  Misleading, unverified and clearly false information about the coronavirus has spread across social media platforms with a mix of fearmongering and racial stereotyping.  —  Misleading, unverified and clearly false information …
Parker Molloy / Media Matters for America:
Outrage over offending red America highlights a major double standard in media  —  Right-wing media clutch pearls after a Republican strategist mocked Trump supporters on TV.  But when Trump attacks millions of Americans, they and mainstream journalists simply accept it as normal.
Discussion: Redstate and National Review
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Coronavirus could mean more U.S. jobs.  Wilbur Ross goes there.  —  “I think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America,” Trump's commerce secretary said.  —  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday that the coronavirus outbreak in China could lead businesses …
Oliver Wiseman / Politico:
Britain Is Finally Leaving the EU.  That's Where the Debate Begins.  —  In 2016, Britain voted for Brexit.  On Friday—four years, three prime ministers and two general elections later—the country will leave the European Union.  Officially stepping out into the world is a major moment …
 
 
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Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
Publishers Weekly:
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Pew Research Center:
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
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Discussion: Axios
Politico:
How Trump's impeachment created two Democratic superstars
Discussion: Breitbart